Pose maintain super-reduced VAT on products that support people with disabilities

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CERMI has directed the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration to propose that products destined for supporting people with disabilities still taxed super-reduced rate of VAT.

After analyzing the judgment of January 17, 2013 the High Court of Justice of the European Union condemning Spain to maintain regulation of VAT on sanitary products contrary to Community law, theCERMIunderstood, and so exposed to the Treasury, that the European court ruling does not affect the taxation of support products for people with disabilities, so they have to follow a very reduced rate.

The Spanish State should change in the coming months the VAT legislation to suit the European ruling, "but that reform does not have to alter the current regulations in regard to support products intended for people with disabilities" as CERMI, so it does look to Treasury in a broad technical report submitted to the Directorate General of Taxes.

Besides maintaining the rate reduction, the Treasury raises CERMI be considered beneficiaries of the same to all people with a disability degree officially recognized less than 33%.

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